"Derek August has always been plagued with a strange, eerie feeling that began when he entered his first year of high school. During that time, his whole family disappeared without a trace. Since then, he's been living alone, all by himself, having only one friend; Eliza Davidson. Now in his Junior Year, it's happening again. Two students have disappeared, and they were seated in front and behind Derek! Is anyone who comes in contact with him fated to disappear? But if that's the case, what about Eliza?"
Characters~Derek August
A teenage boy in his Junior Year of High School. His family disappeared about 2 years before, and now two of his classmates have disappeared as well. Because of this, Derek feels inclined to isolate himself for other's safety.
Eliza Davidson (sprite by BCS)
Derek's classmate; a cheery girl who is Derek's one and only friend. She believes Derek about all the strange occurences happening to him, but will not stand to be parted from him either, totally against the rumors of him being the cause of the disappearances.
??? (sprite by azureXtwlight)
A mysterious guy who appears to be following Derek. He seems to know a lot about Derek and his situation, but won't explain to him anything for whatever reason. All he does is give Derek a certain warning.
Demo Statistics;
Find the demo here; http://lemmasoft.renai.us/forums/viewto ... 45&t=24133The game contains 1,087 dialogue blocks, containing 8,448 words and 46,267
characters, for an average of 7.8 words and 43 characters per block.
The game contains 0 menus, 39 images, and 12 screens.
Current Full Game Statistics;
NOTE: The 1 menu is the Extras section.The game contains 1,303 dialogue blocks, containing 9,977 words and 54,595
characters, for an average of 7.7 words and 42 characters per block.
The game contains 1 menus, 54 images, and 11 screens.
Game Features;
- First playthrough is the "vague" version, to make it more mysterious.
- Second playthrough unlocks extra story content, such as missing conversations previously only mentioned, and tiny side plots.
- Typical extras like an opening and ending video, music room, CG Gallery (hopefully), etc.!
- Voice acting (most likely in a Version 2. I have two of my VAs agree to voice Derek and Eliza).
Since I released the demo for this game, I thought it was about time to make a WIP post for it. Keep in mind; this is a side project, which I only work on in my spare time or when it's the right mood (my main projects get top priority). I typically like to write this one at night, because I want a really nice creepy feeling. I even test the game at night to make sure I'm feeling what I want my players to feel, with the right music cued, sound effects, and so fourth. If I get in the right mood, I end up writing a lot of it, so this one will most likely be a slower process (unless I get on a roll). This story is planned from start to finish, and being Kinetic, it won't be extremely long and have no branching paths.
I am experimenting with making Kinetics a bit more replayable by making the first playthrough experience a condensed version, purposely missing certain parts, making it a bit more confusing and mysterious, the "vague" version, while the second playthrough will be like a new experience (especially since you already know the ending) with new scenes unlocked. If all goes well, I'll see if I can get the demo voiced and get people's opinion on the voice actors.
Anyway, I will update this thread periodically when I get a large chunk of progress done.
~ Good luck with progress!
